A large leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an written in elongated kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, circa 750-800
A large leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an written in elongated kufic script on vellum
North Africa or Near East, circa 750-800
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 16 lines to the page written in bold, elongated kufic script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and green, letter pointing of brown diagonal dashes probably added slightly later, verse divisions marked with a row of brown ink dashes, tenth verses marked with a knotted roundel in green and brown, some creasing, framed
320 x 400 mm.
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A large leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an written in elongated kufic script on vellum
North Africa or Near East, circa 750-800
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 16 lines to the page written in bold, elongated kufic script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and green, letter pointing of brown diagonal dashes probably added slightly later, verse divisions marked with a row of brown ink dashes, tenth verses marked with a knotted roundel in green and brown, some creasing, framed
320 x 400 mm.
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